Senior System Software Engineer – DevOps, Infrastructure Automation

NVIDIA

Senior System Software Engineer focusing on DevOps and Infrastructure Automation at NVIDIA. Join a team revolutionizing computer graphics and accelerated computing.

Posted 6/9/2026full-timeSanta Clara • California, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $184,000 - $287,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleCloudDistributed SystemsKubernetesTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and operate the infrastructure backbone powering AI inference products
Own Kubernetes deployments end-to-end
Architect CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, packaging, and release
Build observability that tells the truth about platform health
Manage cloud and on-prem environments with infrastructure-as-code
Own the security posture for infrastructure components
Collaborate closely with engineers across teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

BS/MS in CS/CE or equivalent experience
7+ years operating production distributed systems (SRE / DevOps / Platform Ops)
Deep Kubernetes expertise
Strong CI/CD chops (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
IaC fluency (Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Crossplane)
Proven reliability ownership (SLOs/SLIs)
A clear communicator who writes runbooks people actually use

Benefits

Comp & perks

Eligible for equity and benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

KubernetesCI/CDTerraformAnsibleHelmCrossplaneSLOsSLIsAI inferenceinfrastructure-as-code

Soft Skills

clear communicatorcollaboration

Certifications

BS in Computer ScienceMS in Computer ScienceBS in Computer EngineeringMS in Computer Engineering